The Trained Nose

Guerlain

L'Instant de Guerlain

What it is made of, at the heart of a wearing — and the colour this page is tinted with. Wider means more of it.

Leads white flowers and citrus, over amber underneath. It narrows as the day goes on. It carries more white flowers than the rest of the catalogue.

The pyramid

top 0–15 min
heart 1–3 hr
base 3 hr +
Consensus needs more than one owner. Right now no one has this linked, so there is nothing to agree or disagree about yet.

What is it chasing?

No original is recorded for this entry. Two kinds of evidence, and they disagree in useful ways.
Closest, as Akin sees it
Ranked by what the crowd says resembles what, with the measured accords breaking ties — falling back to the note pyramid where neither has anything to say. Right about half the time, and the column says which of the three answered.
What people say it reminds them of
Agree and disagree counts. Here is this site’s own owners voting; elsewhere is a tally read from another site.
Guerlain L'Instant de Guerlain Eau de Toilette elsewhere 512 / 157
By Kilian Voulez-Vous Coucher Avec Moi elsewhere 373 / 289
Guerlain Angélique Noire elsewhere 246 / 402
Guerlain L'Instant de Guerlain Eau de Parfum elsewhere 93 / 17
Maison Francis Kurkdjian Aqua Vitae Cologne Forte elsewhere 12 / 10
Guerlain L'Instant de Guerlain Extract elsewhere 112 / 15
Grès Cabotine Rosalie elsewhere 79 / 43
Cartier Baiser Vole Essence de Parfum elsewhere 69 / 94
Guerlain L'Instant de Guerlain Eau de Noel Iris Millesime elsewhere 39 / 13
Perris Monte Carlo Ylang Ylang Nosy Be elsewhere 23 / 37
Gallivant Amsterdam elsewhere 19 / 27
Cartier Baiser Vole elsewhere 18 / 31
L'Amande Antalya elsewhere 17 / 14
Guerlain L'Instant d'Un Ete elsewhere 17 / 11
Jeanne Arthes Sun elsewhere 17 / 20
Ajmal Distraction elsewhere 15 / 18
Zara Musk Confidential elsewhere 7 / 9
Guerlain Petit Guerlain (In Pink) elsewhere 7 / 11
House Of Sillage Tiara Lux Edition elsewhere 7 / 4
Atelier Cologne Vanille Insensée elsewhere 5 / 7

Compared with

Each of these reads the two side by side, hour by hour: what they share, what only one of them carries, and what people who have smelled both say about it.

On the scent map

Nearest to it at the heart of a wearing, and what put each one there.
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